The Focused Intervention Team joins an increasingly crowded field of initiatives aimed at curbing a surge in shootings and homicides. That includes the police bureau’s team dedicated to investigating gun crimes, a federal task force led by the FBI, federally deputized Portland police officers, and $6 million allocated to non-police interventions.
November 29, 2021
Kevin Nishita, who retired in 2018 after serving with the Hayward, San Jose, and Colma police department, was shot in the abdomen during an attempted robbery of KRON-TV’s camera equipment near downtown Oakland, police said.
November 29, 2021
Henry County police officers Robert Butera and Quinton Phillips and Hampton officers Mason Lewis, Marcus Stroud and Gregory Bowlden are charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and violation of oath by public officer.
November 26, 2021
Officer Alejandra Jacobs, 23, was greeted by a hundred clapping fellow officers — and Mayor-elect Eric Adams — as she was wheeled out of St. Barnabas Hospital shortly before noon, wearing a Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association jacket.
November 26, 2021
The eight-year veteran struggled with the suspect and wrestled him to the ground. That officer was shot in the armpit during the struggle.
November 25, 2021
The plan is notably smaller than the 2020 budget of $401.8 million and continues a trend of decreases since a $363 million budget was announced in 2021. It does, however, leave room for new hires, as it provides funding for 1,357 officers. The Seattle Police Department currently has 1,120 officers.
November 24, 2021
During a Tuesday morning meeting with Mayor Quinton Lucas and the chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners, Smith agreed to retire on March 31, 2022, according to a source familiar with the situation.
November 24, 2021
The increase would take the LAPD's operating budget from $1.761 billion to $1.974 billion. In its proposal to the commission, the department said the increased funding would go to obligatory salaries and expenses, replacement of vehicles and existing electric vehicle leases, continued funding of existing technology and contractual obligations and other requests.
November 24, 2021
A plainclothes Columbus police lieutenant who was in a bank on official business broke up an attempted robbery Monday afternoon and captured the 29-year-old suspect.
November 24, 2021
According to Greene County, Sheriff Gene Fischer suffered a medical emergency at approximately 9 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 16 while attending the convention.
November 24, 2021
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said there are no know threats to the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade but his agency is monitoring.
November 24, 2021
The department is actively seeking full-time recruits and lateral hires from departments across the state, paying anywhere from $31.45 to $40.74 an hour.
November 24, 2021
Employees who are not yet vaccinated receive notices that they must sign, saying they will agree to either get vaccinated or file an exemption request, and submit to mandated testing in the meantime
November 23, 2021
The 911 caller said the man was standing in the street, looking and pointing at the sky. As the caller drove closer, the man reportedly tried to jump in front of the vehicle.
November 23, 2021
The Pima County, AZ, deputy who was found shot in the head in a patrol vehicle Thursday has died, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said Saturday.
November 23, 2021
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